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bDSeing a little more explicit Ali boron ll obediently talked;
11
someone has jumped off ti bicycle at the firsb. few sentences t1i did not
the front .door! An invalid's ears hear what he said;, oz' heard it vat ue-
grow sharp, .:and I herr the .crunch of ly, and answered without letorest,
gravel." mechanically, when his pewees seemed
"It's Mr. Scarborough," said Elsa' to demand an answer. Her brain was
lefrom the window, busy with s i?ecus' i n, What war; the
tIt Sl
•
"Then, my Clear, I don't delay yeti.. danger wbioh ti eaten:ed her father?
You know what your work is—do it as (`ro ire Contixrtrecl.)
).'thoroughly as you con, Our safety -f:';'' -----
may depend on • the accuracy with
which you remember a mole on an arta , , . '•• :•,
ie.h Yet Delicate
Clean and Ful o! Artna.
or a scar on a forehead!"
Elsa thought" involuntarily of the
1 Complete answer which iter father al-
I ways told her he had to all the
charges against snits,
j"Our safety!" she el•it;cl, "How can4-4 ti E C M N
AN EXCITING PRESENT-DAY OMANCE
BY WVEAT iERBY C:HESNEY
•�ynar
CHAPTER III, ; moving his head he concealed the fact
"You quite understand, my dear," : that he was observing her.
said Mr. Page, signing to his daugh "You don't like your errand?" he
ter to shift the cushions, so that his asked.
left foot should rest more easily. "No."
"You are to bring me a careful de- nAnd I don't like sending you upon
seription of every member„ of this ; it. The part of the spy is always au
circus troupe. You are a keen ob- unpleasant one to play;; but unfor-{
server, and it is essential that you tunetely it is soznet,imes necessary.I
should make tIre best use of your tai -;'fou understand that it is necessary'
ent now. It won't be an easy bask.: here?"
because you will have to penetrate "I believe you when you say it is.(
the paint and tinsel and describe' the But I don't understand,"
human being underneath." ' Mr. Page hesitated. Then he held
"How am T to do that ?" asked out a white, rather large, but beauti-
Elsa, and added, as she gave a car_ ` fully shaped hand to her. She came i
essing pat to the cushion which sup-' to his side.
tt " •
girl," i_1 he id
, said, ti e have been
ported her fathersgoutyfoot; I,.
that more comfortable?"
through hard times together, you and
"Yes, thank you, dear. How are ; I; but though the world has been
yell to do it? Why, observe them against us, we have been happy, be -
when they are performing. Speak tweet us. You, have trusted tie. I s
to some of them if you Can. The ; that trust beginning to fail you,.
members of a travelling circus are "No, father,"
not generally exclusive, and in a for-' Then why are you so reluctant
sign country particularly they will i now? Yourtask is an unpleasant one
welcome advances made by those vire { I admit; but I have never known you
speak their own language." I shrink from a task because it was un -
"But I can't go and begin a casual ; pleasant. I would spare you the an-
' pleasantness if I could,
conversation!" she objected. "Even but—" he
in a foreign country, people would pointed to his left foot, swathed in
think that queer." bandages, and resting on a pile of
"You can't," said her father, `"but cushions. "Someone nun : go to Ponta
young Scarborough can. Tell him you' ,Delagada, to see this circus," he said,
are interested in the people, that you } and I can't!"
think their life romantic, and that you { She knelt down beside him, and
would like to see it a little closer. I stroked the big white hand which he
He's not the man I take him for if he I held out to her.
doesn't manage somehow to gratify "Of course I will go," she said. "Mr.
your whim " Scarborough will be here in ten min -
. He and I are going to ride over
Mr. Page Laughed, and his daughter t on our bicycles. Of course I will' go."
flushed slightly.
"BtTt reluctantly? You dskit reluct-
"I will do my best," she said. ' antsy?"
"Yes, my dear, I know you will, for ; "Yes."
your father's sake," said Mr. Page. "Why?"
"I leave the method to your own wo- . For. n moment she did not answer.
man's wit, and to circumstances, Part of her reluctance came from the
which your woman's wit will tell you facb that she was going in Scarbor-
how to turn to profit. If, however, an ough's company. That would have
introduction to Mr. Val B. Montague, been a pleasure to her a day or two
the
manager of the troupe, is one of ago; but now,
when the
Part of the
the circumstances, I should suggest spy had to be played, there was pain
that you give yourself the trouble to to her in having to make use of him
be charming to him. He is probably a for such a purpose. Besides, though
cad." she did not yet admit the fact to her -
"Then why am I to be charming to self, her trust in her father, absolute
him?" demanded Elsa. hitherto, was beginning to be subject
Mr, Page smiled. to qualifications.
"Because, my dear, if he is a cad— "Father," she said at length, "how
and his name suggests that he can much longer is all this going on?
little be anything else—he will be all When are we going to return to Eng
the more impressed by your sondes- land and be known by our own name
again?"
it be threatened if--"
"Little girl,,, said Mr. Page quickly,
"it can be, and is, or your mother
I
would not have sent that message.
' Now, there is one thing more, Do
your work thoroughly, but don't delay
unnecessarily afterwards, If I should
not he here when you return•—"
She turned to him with a sharp ery:
"`Father! why do you say that?"
He was a prisoner in his chair,
chained bythe le inthe m
grip of his
I
g
1
foe, the gout. How was it possible
that he should not be here when she
{ returned. Unless he meant—heavens!
I was the danger something which
threatened nob liberty only, but life?
Mr. Page smiled at' her alarm.
"I don't mean that I shall be dead,
my dear," he said. "I do not; expect
to'move front this chair, or at any rate
from this room, till your return. But
we musb prepare for everything—even
for things which; at first sight, appear
to be impossible. And so I say again,
if I am not here when you return, look
in my desk, and in the second small
drawer
� on the- left
you will
find a
a er which p p v zch will tell you what to do 3 . ' � "�4>�e<,
next. Hadn't you better, go now? i '
Young men, even the most devoted, Stones Take Place of
don't like to he kept waiting." * Copper Clock Weights
Acting upon a sudden impulse, Elsa
bent down, and kissed her father. The The shortage of copper throughout
action was the more remarkable be- the German Empire is marked to such
cause she was not a girl who was a degree, that not only have the cop -
given bo showing her feelings in this per cooking utensils (the pride of the
way. Then she ran quickly from the thrifty German housefrau), been
room. I converted into food for rifle and gem,
Mr. Page rested back in his chair but even the ancient clocks with
with a smile. The caress had surpris-heavy pendulums of cosier have been
ed him, and, curiously enough, it made made to':add to the war contributions.
him uncomfortable. ' I The picture `shows some quaint old
"I believe my little girl is beginning clocks in the Black Forest. The cop -
to suspect me at last," he muttered. 1 per weights of the pendulums have
He waited till the sounds, , on the been removed and stones have been
gravel below told him that the pair substituted for them. .
had mounted, and were -off. Then, as
though he had forgotten all about his
gouty foot, he rose and went to the
window. He used no stick,: and he
did not even limp; the gout, like many Winch stress sial been laid on breed -
other
,:thhags m his life, was• a :lie. ing stock from 'parents of known
He watched' the two bicyclists till a qualities. Strict breeding of seeds and`
turn in the road hid. them. Then he plants win produce like. results, if the
turned from the window with a sigh. work is consistently followed. In
"That young man is a good sort, I every orchard, small fruit plantation
believe, he said; "but I wonder whe-' and vegetable or flower crop there
ther he would cry off, or stick to her, I are many plants that produce but lit -
if he heard the truth about her fa- I tle while there are others that are
then?" ' i heavyelders: The
Then, a moment afterwards, with;non-producers
percentage of
n n- r
0 oducers is far greater' than
P
the
some ing like a moan h I
g e added: ;unobservant person realizes. Still
"And when she knows the whole such plants are there only too con-
truth—my God! will she stick to me . : spicuously if one takes the trouble to
The malefactor had one virtue at ; observe them.
least. Ile loved his daughter with a I The time is rapidly coming when
love that was ready to sacrifice all ' all nursery stock and seed stock. will
for her. For her sake he vas aboub be propagated from known parent -
to `undertake a task in which he had age. The plants and seeds will be as
little hope' that he would succeed; finely bred. as the finest animals.
little hope, indeed, that when she re- There are a few, nurserymen who
turned he would be. alive to welcome I realize this, and they are offering
. I pedigreed plants and seeds, but the
bgreat majorityof nurserymen ' and is
1 seedsmen are too busy making sales
Pedigreed Seed and Plants Best
Pedigreed stock has long been re-
cognized as the most valuable, and
cension, and will probably offer to
show you over his 'schooner. If he
doesn't-"
"When we can do so with perfect
"If safety," said Mr. Page. "You can't
l he doesn't,"Elsa broke in quick- imagine that I enjoy living in ;hiding,
y, am to give him a hint that and that I have willingly separated
want to be asked, and to continue the myself from your mother all this
process of being charming until he times"
takes the hint! Are those my instruc-
tions?"
nstruc-tions?"
There was a note of scorn in her
voice, and her father was amused.
He laughed loudly, and then winced
with■a sharp indrawing f thebreath.
her.
CHAPTER IV.
B:1O9
is bended from s leCted �
teas, famed f :s r their fine H avour
utilities. Imitated yet heirer equalled.
How to Protect Milk..
D, B. litters, of the -dairy depart-
ment of the Pennsylvania; State 'Col-
lege, in out -lining. some of the essen
' tials for the production of clean milk,
emphasizes the necessity of feeding
palatable and nutritious feeds which
are free from mold or decay or any
other defects which might injure• the
health of the cow or impair. the qual-
ity of the milk.
roots and plants, such as. rape, cab-
bage, turnips and other feeds with
strong odors. These should be offered
after milking, and the portions not
eaten removed from the stable at
least three hours before milking. Cows
that are allowed to graze in fields
several I hour
s before. milking time.
Many objections have been raised
in the past to the feeding of silage, ,
but these complaints are diminishing{
each year. Silage does not impart un-
palatable flavor to milk as many have
contended. The presence of such in
the milk may be due to poor grade of
silage, improper feeding or the ab-
sorption of the odor from the stable
air, ' A reasonable amount of a good
quality of silage should • be' - removed
before the next milking so that the
stable air will not impart the odor to
the milk.
The cow should have access to a
clean supply of salt, and as much
fresh, pure water as she will drink
should be provided. Under ordinary
conditions a cow will drink three times
as much water as she gives milk, i. e.,
if she gives 30 pounds of milk, she will
require 90 pounds of water per day.
Water is essential, not only for milk
production, but also for food diges
tient. In cold•weather the chill should
be removed from water offered to the
cows.
The "Starter" in Butter -staking.
In spite of dairymen's conventions
and free literature, on the subject of
butter -making( the term "starter" or
„
even the "ripening" of cream is en-
tirestirely
new ew to many makers of dairy
butter.
To understand exactly what a start-
er is it is necessary to know some-
thing of the action of bacteria in milk,
the production of flavors, and the for-
mation of Iactic acid. It is the lactic
acid bacteria that causes sweet, fresh'
cream to assume a sour, acid taste,
which is commonly associated with
ripened cream. Butter churned from
4.1,;,. .
pen.ed cream is preferred by
the majority of people to that which
churned from sweet cream.
The flavor of :butter depends- al-
most entirely on the presence of the
right kind of fermentation or bac-
teria in the cream; therefore, the
scientists have developed a "starter"
composed of a growth of the right
kind of acid -producing bacteria, with
which to ripen cream. If such a
starter is used instead of allowing the
cream to ripen naturally, there is a
reasonable certainty of a desirable
flavor in the butter. -
A pure culture starter can be ob-
t In spite of the trouble which she , to bother with such matters. Those
felt to be hanging over her, Elsa en- who purchase stock for Spring plant-
; joyed her ride to Ponta Delgada. The ing should not fail; to locate these
country through which they were rid progressive dealer's and place a por-
<t L ing was beautiful the ail• fresh and tion of their aiders with them not
What is my mother doing ? She : exhilarating, •the road i as good, and alone to • show confidence in well-bred
never writes bo me. : she was ridingwith the man she lov- stock but insure productive plant -
"Letters
rarely to me," said her father. ' 9 p <
„ ed. Moreover, though she had refus- ings. .
Letters are not safe. But she is ed him last she knew that he loved ,
zn rawzng o sea , working for us, you may be sure, ; her, and she thought that he was not ,
A shooting pain in his gouty foot had watching over the safety of her hus- one of those who love and then for -
The
of !toots in the Ration.
cut his merriment short with a gasp, band and daughter, and waiting aux- ;get. Lie would ask her again some '•rhe great value of roots for milk
His daughter stood before him waiting iausly for the day when we can return' day; there was plenty of time; for cows, even in combination with corn
she was only nineteen, and he was ensilage, was demonstrated at Mac -
twenty -four, or perhaps bwrenty-five, donalcl College, t ueleec. When one-
certainTy not more. Perhaps the clouds fourth the ensilage ration was re
would blow' over, and next time she placed by roots, the cows gained in
would say "yes".to his question, and . milk yield five per tent. When cone -
feel no shame in saying it. !half the ensilage ration was replaced
At nineteen it is not easy to remain by roots, the gain in milk was eight
i
depressed for long, if health is good, per cent. ; but when. 75 per vein. of
if the day is fine, and if one is riding the ensilage ration was replaced by
in the company of the man one loves. roots the milk yield fell off three. per
for her answer, but the sight of that to her. It was she who sent us the
spasm of pain cooled her anger at the cablegram."
laugh. "Danger—circus," said Elsa: "Fa -
"I want to know exactly what I am they, what is the danger ?"
to do. Are those my instructions?" "I don't know. When you return
she asked again, but in a gentler tone. from Ponta Delgada I hope that you
"The spirit of them, yes. But don't will give me the information that will
hint; ask straight oub. Or, get Scar- enable me to answer' your question.
borough to ask, and back him up in My dear, as you know, I have en I
his request." emits."
ly, `I will ask myself," said Elsa quick- "You mean the people who fastened
the accusation of fraud upon you?"
Mr: Page shot a glance at her, mov- Mr. Page winced. He always winced
ing his eyes only, not his head. He when the word fraud was used in eon-.
made a habit of economyin move- rection with himself. "Yes," he said,
inent;; and besides, as Elsa was not "those, and others. When I know
looking at him at the moment, by slot which of my enemies is a member of
Long before she reached • Ponta Del- ; cent. AU of which. goon to show the
gads, Elsa had let the Atlantic breeze great 'value of roots in the raillt ea -
blow away her cares for the present. i tion, and that the dairyman who pro -
She he did not talk much; she had the ! vides his cows with both roots and en -
healthy English girl's delight in phy-{,silage is doing the very best.
steal exertion, and she devotedall her I' At the Macdonald College, situated
energy to setting a pace: It was not near Montreal, they can grow 30 to 36
until the White buildings of Ponta Del- tons of roots per acre, while the yield
gada, picked out with edgings of black of corn is 12 to 15 tons. As they have
stone like a funeral card, appeared in found by years of experience in fee d
m
the distance before her, that her mind } ing, that roots are slightly more vela -
returned to the errand an which sheable, ton for ton, than ensilage, and
hadbeen sent. As she entered the}, as they can grow more than twice' the
beginning of the sang street of meanweight of roots per "aicie'tlaan corn,
houses which forms the approach to the College authorities strongly urge
Ponta Delgada on the north, she slack- the • growing .of roots;; not instead ,of
ened her pace, and allowed Scarbor- corn, but in preference to corn, or ;bet -
ouch to lead. Her mood of exaltation ter still, in combination with cord eh;
was over. She Went slower and stow silage.—Far and Dairy.
or, and Scarborough thought it was
because she was nervous in the trot ".1.'o Cheap.
ie, The Doctor–Madain, you must
"Would you prefer to walk the last take more exercise. 1 should advise
bit?" he asked.: walking every day.
She dismounted at onee, and Scar-, ' ecvl ric e--- king?
, 11%rs. N ,y. h «al n,, . •Niy
borough took her nlnehine' and pitched 'dear doctor, you must be ciecus'toniet
it for her, to attending poor people.
"Tired?" he nti'kecq.
"No," she said; "only hot; and 1 As a rule the manw who onlyt.:
think, rather crass. Talk, please," tries fails absohltely,
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"LUCKY LAMB'Tl7N"
He Uas,$Vpt. 1..4st.a Man in areheeport.
. • ing Troops
Admiral Sir Iledwortll Mine, w to
has been Commander-in-ohtof Ai Pier
mouth since 1912, and on wlioao 1,41041-
•dors has resters the Main 1 espo,'it,s,ibility
for •the, safe transport of our ti�oops
across the English elmane1--Dire Of
the most amazing aeI1levorhents of
[this �^Ja1–•-sial , bras ea11e4 ;"Inteky
L tznbton," epic€lY, on a,eCptznt o1? the '
`'act that, as Sir, 1'icidwurth Lambton,
he inherited 420,1)0,0 per annitirl under.
the will of the late 2Lady•Mele •'svlrose
name he subsequently tools.
1410k, of Course, plays a part in
every mau's life, but whatever fortune
Sir Hedworth owes to" the '.tickle roc1-
doss, his naval and military' success
is due solely to his own braliaazt pow-
ers. Entering the navy as a boy Oa14 lit 1870, he had, his that taste of tit•`}5
•in the bombardment of Alexandria 1Ie
is probably best known to the .tuau in
the street, hotiveVcar, by the manual ill
which he handled the Naval Brigade,
in the South Atriean War,
With Sir Percy Scott, who line been
busy looking after• London's defences
•
O'clock on a ISI l
tained from a dairy supply house or
institution. The most important point
is to make sure that it is really pure
culture, of lactic -acid produeing, bac-
teria, and no other.
A good 1ni11, starter when ready for
use should be softly coagulated, not
too firm, and when stirred should ap-
pear smooth and even] not, shiny,
curdy- or watery.,
In ordinary ' faun butter -making
the cream is separated from the milk
as soon as possible after milking. It
is then cooled to 65 degrees and a'
pure culture starter added at the rate
of 5 to -12 per cent.
The best flavored butter is that pro-
duced when a small proportion of
starter isused
and when the cream is
allowed to ripen as slowly as it would
under natural, conditions.
The use of a starter produces uni-
formity in flavor of butter pro-
duced from one churning and another.
The.general standard of quality of
the butter is higher and its keeping
qualities are improved, while -the
trouble often experienced in bringing
cream to a state fit for churning is
largely overcome.
guns to Ladysmith, arriving at eleven,
Dale ay morning At
noon .Larnbton had Itis guile in posi-
tion turd ordered the first gran to be
fired at Long Tom. It went wine,
but killed a Boer. or two. :rranibtoaz
put his, telescope to itis fiyt�, and or-
dered another shot to be fired, and •
actually saw.. the famous Beer gun
dismounted with a 'well directed lyd-
dite shell.
Apropos of, .t11e -Boer War, Sir lied -
worth tells a -good story: •. ,,An odor
was issued that all -men 01'the, 'High-
land regiments must coma. illi their
anifornis, as it was thought they
made too obvious targets for the .foe.
The late Sir George White, w, ho be-.
lieved the order would prove popular,
had an idea. 'Let then`,' ho saicl'cover
the `front of their uniforms. The .en-
emy will never see the other side!'
Taillike th t
e majority Tor ty of sailors, Sir
Heti-worth is as good a man at riding
a horse as he is at riding the seas. He
is fond of all sports, but tie -greatest
passion is hunting. He hail *on many
races on his own ponies at Malta.
One of the eight brothers of the
Earl of Durham, he is inaterilaliy near-
ly allied to -the great ducal.lzouse of
Abercorn and Russell, thu fate Count-
ess of Durham having been a (laughter
of the first Duke of Abereor11 'familiar-
ly known as Ohl Splendid," 'and lady
Louisa, his duchess, daughter of the
sixth Duke of Bedford. Sir Bedworth
married in 1910. "triscountess Chelsea.
- Nothing for An Answer.
Teacher—Wait a moment, Tommy.
What do you understand by the word
deficit.?
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Millions of Dollars Worth of 'Damage
on French Battlefront. 4
Rat tails are not worth one cent
each oe. one part of the I+'rencl battle-
front. The general commanding in
that section has ordered: -''With, the
object of interesting the men in the
destruction of rodents a premium of
fie centimes shall be paid for each
rat destroyed. The premium shall be
paid every ten days, on presentation
of the tails of the destroyed -animals.
The rats beefing vermin susceptible of
spreading disease must not be handled
but immediately cried tails
b and the tails
Y ,
done up in a paper impregnated with
tar or petroleum." The order was
not obeyed in all its Mane. •Che new
fashion of trimming woniien's gar-
ments with fur has created an outlet
for rats' fur, and the rat -hunting sol-
diers sell the skins to the-st911ers be-
hind the front.
Rats have destroyed millions of
francs worth of provisions sent to the
soldiers by their friends and rela-
tives at home. An officer at the front
recently 'wrote his wife that it ,would
be useless for her to send him any .
more provisions, as it was impossible -
to preserve them from the rats, and
in no case had he any more than a
single lunch out of all the. eatables
sent to him. A mathematician has
calculated that a year's progeny of a
single pair of rats may easily amount
to more than one hundred and twenty-
two millions, .which he holds is proof
that only wholesale poisoning or suf-
focation can cope with the pest.
Thousands of thein were picked up
dead in the first line of the trenches.
after one of the German gas attacks.
Another statistician has figured
out that it costs a centime and a half
a day to nourish a rat, :end conse-
quently figures their depredation . on
that basis to amount to forty-four mil-
lion dollars a year in francs alone.
WAIL BOOMS U.S. TOWNS.
War Orders Have Brought Big Popu-
lation Increases.
The following table shows ' how
cities in the United States have
grown, while quite respectable towns
have sprung into existence -through amt
the war boom:—
City... Before war. Now.
Bridgeport, Conn.... 90,00G- 140,000
'Hopewell, Vag .. s . , . Q 18,000 •.
Penn's Grove, N.J.... _ 2,000 5,000
City Point, Va. .. , • 200 5,000
Du Pont City, Va.... 0 3tQ0 0
Carney's Point, N.J... 0 8,500
Petersburg, Va.. • ... 25,000 32,000
Wilmington, Del. . , . 87,41. 110,000
Detroit, Mich. 600,009 682,000
:Bethlehem, Pa12,1 W11 19,200
Eliot,. Mich. 88,550 47,500 -
Fortunes of War.
First Recruit -What do you think
of the major Bill?
Seeond Reeruit—'E's a changeable
kind o' bloke, Last night, i sttys to
,'Ins, "Oo goes there?' Ant he says',
`Tt`i'iendl' an' to -clay 'e'ardly knows.
mend ---Punch:.